Everything is fine, but I don’t want to live. What to do?translated

Reader question:

I'm doing well now. To be honest, there were difficulties, but, with God’s help, I can say everything is fine. I just don't want to live anymore. Why? Yes, simply for a number of reasons. I just don't want to!

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Andrey EFANOV

God bless you, dear reader!

You did not leave your name so that we and our readers could pray for you, nor your return address so that the answer would reach you. We are publishing the answer on the website in the hope that you and those who are now in a similar situation will read it in time.

You write that there were difficulties. If the situation you are faced with was very stressful for you and required a lot of strength, it is quite possible that you are simply exhausted. It’s not that you don’t want to live, you just don’t have the moral strength to rejoice, set goals, and explore interests. It happens. As they say, complete calm - it seems that there is nothing bad, but it is impossible to move anywhere and there is no pull. As in the fairy tale: “It’s all the same whether it’s will or not.”

If so, I strongly advise you, firstly, to go to a specialist to get diagnosed and understand whether you have depression, which often causes such apathy. Secondly, it doesn’t matter if there is...